CVE-2025-4404 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2025-4404

Freeipa: idm: privilege escalation from host to domain admin in freeipa

Vulnerability Description

A privilege escalation from host to domain vulnerability was found in the FreeIPA project. The FreeIPA package fails to validate the uniqueness of the `krbCanonicalName` for the admin account by default, allowing users to create services with the same canonical name as the REALM admin. When a successful attack happens, the user can retrieve a Kerberos ticket in the name of this service, containing the admin@REALM credential. This flaw allows an attacker to perform administrative tasks over the REALM, leading to access to sensitive data and sensitive data exfiltration.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Red Hat would like to thank Mikhail Sukhov (Positive Technologies) for reporting this issue.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0:4.12.2-15.el10_0.1, 0:4.6.8-5.el7_9.18, 8100020250603150652.143e9e98, 8100020250603134209.823393f5, 8020020250609031831.50ea30f9, 8020020250609030144.792f4060, 8040020250609101903.f153676a, 8040020250609095221.5b01ab7e, 8060020250606060927.c1533a64, 8060020250606060504.ada582f1, 8080020250604195510.e581a9e4, 8080020250604202433.b0a6ceea, 0:4.12.2-14.el9_6.1, 0:4.9.8-11.el9_0.4, 0:4.10.1-12.el9_2.4, 0:4.11.0-15.el9_4.5

Timeline

Official Publish: June 17th, 2025
Last Modified: June 30th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1220

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.